PROJECT BLUE BOOK

17 Saucers’ Sighted
In Sky Over Bronx

By HARRY SWIRSKY
It might appear to be just another "flying saucer” tale. Yet it involves not one
“saucer"—but 17 of the mysterious objects. The “saucers"—which appeared reddish or-

Se ange in color-—were sighted in
the sky above 1041 Tiffany St.,
in the Fast Bronx, late Friday
night by two women and two
girls.

“Tt was a hot dull night and
we began counting stars for ex-
“citement,” said Rita Acuna, 16,
-of 1035 Tiffany St.

“But it proved far more excit-
° ing than we might have im-
agined,” she said, “for we wound

up counting ‘saucers’ Instead.”

“They sped through. the sky
in a huge reddish orange forma-
tion--which looked like an up-
‘side down ‘J,” the girl gaid,

" “Although they were visible for |
only about 10 seconds, we man-
aged to count 17 in all.”

. Rita's observations were con-
fixined by her mother, Mrs, Marie
Acuna; a neighbor, Mrs. Sylvia:
Fintkeistein, of 1041 ‘Tiffany =

and the girl's little sister, Yvonne,
9, all of whom had been engaged
in “star counting’ when the
saucers were sighted,

“T'yve seen eclipses and things
jike that,” said Mrs, Finkelstein,
“put this was different—and
more thrilling—than anything
I've ever seen.”

Rather than rely on pure mem-}

. ry, Rita, a corhmercial art stu-
dent at the High School of. In-
dustrial Art, ran upstairs and

-made a water color painting of |
what she had seen,

‘The drawing wag sent to Air
Force officials for possible inves-
- tigation.

‘ The Tiffany St. “saucer” case
was second of its kind to be re-
ported in the Bronx within the
last few weeks.

Six persons reported seeing aj +
Siunilar twirling object speed
through the air over a rooftop
at 1555 Boston Rd. on June 26.

Meanwhile, in Washington Air
Force officials were investigating
reports of a series of “glowing
white” lights which streaked over
the nation’s capital for two suc-
'eessive week-ends. !

Jet planes capable of speeds of)
'G) miles an hour made a futile!
‘attempt to overtake the mnysteri-,

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AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER

™ + WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
OHIO

AUG 15 1952

Miss a
York, New York

Dear Miss palling

: Your recent report of unidentified aerial phenomena has been
received by the Air Technical Intelligence Center, Inclosed is a
ee geet Bae on Me pela aged erate se slag

» self-addressed envelope, will aid in standardising the
data and will provide a complete record of the occurrence,

Your interest in reporting the matter and your public spirited
desire to be of service are greatly appreciated.

Sincerely yours,

2 Incls ROBERT E, KENNEDY
a/s Major, USAF
Air Adjutant Gen

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SECTION A

2. When did you see the object:

1.1 Date: Luidact og. el {45
Le

1.2 Time of day? A.M, or(P.M,) (Circle One)

ao
1.3 Time Zone: (Circle One):
d. Pacific
b. Central e. Other
Ce Mountain
(Circle One): G, Daylight Savin otf o 31>
b. Standard

1.4 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are
of your answer to the above question 1.2:

c. Not very sure
>. Fairly certain d. Just a guess

2. Where did you see the object?

3. Where were you located hen 3 you saw the object:

(Circle One): a. Inside a building a. In an 5 ‘adiniiels
b. In a car e. At sea
£, Other
3.1 Were yous

the residential section of a city?
. open countryside?
ad. Flying near an airfield?
e. Flying over a city?
f. Flying over open country?
g. Other

(Circle One): a. In the business section of a city?

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5. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?

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6. What were you doing at the time you saw the object? JM urhac

6.1 What had you been doing for the 30 minutes before you saw the
object? to list the activity or activities, and the

approximate amount of time spent on each,

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7, Were you moving at any time while you saw the object? (Circle One):

tea or (Ke)

IF you answered YES, then complete the following questions,
7.1 What direction were you moving?

(Circle One): a. North e. South
b, Northeast f. Southwest
c. East g. West
a. Southeast h. Northwest

7.2 How fast were you moving? miles per hour,

7.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
(Circle One): Yes or No

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8, What direction were you facing when you first saw the object?
(Circle One): a. North

e. South
be Northeast f. Southwest
‘ East Ge West
Bs Hertvest
8.1 What direction were you facing when the object disappeared?“
(Circle One): a. North e. South /\'
b. Northeast £. Southwest

c. East » West
a, Southeast Gera
8.2 Circle one of the following to indicate hew certain you are of
your answer to the above two questions, (8 and 8.1).

Ga__Uertalp c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess

9, Were you Wearing eye glasses when you saw the object? (Circle One):

tes or = (iio)

10. How was the object seen?
(Circle One): a. Through window glass e. Through theodolite

b, Through windshield £. Through sun glasses
c. Through binoculars . ous en Space)
a. Through telescope » Other
11, What do you remember about the weather conditions at the time you saw
the object?
11,1 CLOUDS (Circle One) 11,3 WEATHER (Circle One)
Ca. Clear ly Gt
D. Hazy b. Fog, Mist, or light rain
c. Scattered clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain
a. Thick or heavy clouds dad. Snow
e. Don't remember e. Don't remember
11.2 WIND (Circle One) 11,4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One)
a. Cold
b 5S t breeze b. Cool
c. Strong wind ec. Warm

a. Don't remenber
ee Don't remember

SECTION O

12, Estimate how long you saw the object?

Hours Minutes Seconds

12.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of
your answer to Question 12:

co. Not very sure
» Fairly sure ad, Just a guess

13, Did the object look: (Circle One) Golid» or Transparent?
14. Did the object at any time:

(Circle One for each question)
14.1 Change direction?

Don't _know

u's sa speed? peu Ene

. hange size? Don't know

14.4 Change color? Don't know
14.5 Break up into parts or

explode? Don't_know

14.6 Give off smoke? Don't know

14.7 Change brightness? Don't know

14.8 gece throb, or ;
pulsate? Don't know
14.9 Remain motionless? Don't know

15. Did the object give off a light? (Circle One): Yes (Mo) Don't know
15.1 IF you answered YES, what was the color of the light?

16. Tell in a few words the following things about the object?
16,1 Sound Mere pina no sorntk-at Ale,
16.2 Color Jiasaac tor, peddathe tedoide tH

17. If there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? [7
Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to
show the ceengteon they were traveling.

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18, Did the object at any time:

18.1 Move behind something? (Circle One) Yes (MQ) Don't know
IF you answered YES, then tell what it moved behind.

18.2 Move in front of something? (Circle One) Yes (Mo) Don't know
IF you answered YES, then tell what it moved in front of,

18,3 Bieni with the background? (Circle One) (fea) He Don't know

19. Which of the following objects is about the same actual size as the
object you saw? (Circle One):

f, Automobile
dD» Baseball g. Small airplane
¢. Basketball h. Large airplane
a. Bicycle wheel i, Dirigible
e. Office desk j. Other

19.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are
of your answer to Question 19,

c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain ad. Uncertain

20, Try to tell the following things about the object:
20.1 How high above the earth was it? ¥7,SR0 feet,

20.2 How far was it from you? YZ,5 ZO. feet or F miles
20.3 How fast was it going? #20 miles per hour,

20.4 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are
of your answer to the above questions:

a. Certain 6. Not very sure
D>. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
21. How did the object disappear from view?
(Circle One): c. Other

d. Don't remember

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22. In the following sketch, imagine your eye at the point shown. Place an
on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon

when you Gash saw it. Place a "B" to show where it was when when you
Last saw it,
Overhead
Horizon
Your eye

23. In the following sketch place an "A" at the position the object was
when you first saw it, and a "B" at its position when you last saw it.

Cverhead

Horizon Horizon
Your eye

24. Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object made. Place
an "A" at the beginning of its path and a "B" at the end of its path.

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25. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object, Label and include
in your sketch any details of the object that you saw, and place an arrow
beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.

3 hte ae gry e}
Pech eo wid

26. Was this the first time that you have seen an object like this?
(Circle One) :¢ Yes> 1C Yes) No

26.1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, and under what conditions
did you see other ones?

27. In your opinion what do you think the og om was and what my ong have

caused it? Nilgile Font oh on
A. t $e , eo : jhgs f 1 eee GO,

23, Give the << info tegen wd
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TELEPHONE NUMBER ee

What is your present job?

r <= J) Leno

Age
Sex ,
Last School Attended ; litt

Year of last attendance at this séhool

29. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object?

(Circle One): fea) or Wo
29.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too?

(Circle One): (es) or No
29.2 Please list their names and addresses:

| sangre which you believe are important,

30. Please add here any

Use additional sheets of the same size paper if necessary.

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AIR FORCE SECTION
ARMED FORCES PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTER

90 CHURCH STREET
NEW YORK CITY

31 July 1952
Lieutenant Edward Ruppell
Air Technical Intelligence
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
Dayton, Ohio
Dear Lieutenant Ruppell: :
Forwarded as a matter of interest, in connection |
with "flying saucers",
Sincerely, |
 Incls HARVEY RIVKINS |
1. Ltr NY Post Lt, Col., USAF
dtd 29 Chief, Air Force Section, JAY PIO |
Jul 52
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973 Cost 148th Street, Brown 55, N. ¥.

July 29, 1952

Air Force Public Relations
90 Church Street
New York, He Xe

Dear Sir:

This is a clipping of a story we ran

on flying saucers being spotted in the Bronx.

I'm enclosing the original letter and drawing for

your information.

Sincerely yours,

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City to Close 100 ‘Fi

A hundred Bronx dweilings,jsince the. \ sithasitin era—wasjnan told The Post, were. pendi

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odjudged “dangerous and unlit
for human habitation” for “Jack
% of fire escapes” and other minl-| con
mum safeguards, wil) be shut

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lyeor, The Post learned today.
— Chief Inapector Timothy
| Noonan, of the depa

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Now YOax PCSsT.

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By HARRY SWIRSKY
it might appear to be

“saucer’—but 17 of the mysterious objects. The “saucers” —which appeared reddish or-

‘This Is a sketch of the “flying saucer” formation drawn by Rita
Acuna which she and three others saw streaking across the
_siles. The original has been sent to o Air Force 0 officials,

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4\down by the Housing and Build- ma
Dept. before the end of the| which were swarming with

J./in rooms instead of the apa"
rtment's| ments
Reon division, said the borough-|called for, |

ide crackdown—largest In scope! Condemnation proceedings, Noo-

17 Sauce
In Sky Over Bronx .

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The theet of the ousters, Noonan
said, js slated for Sacurrday,
ly-operated buildings. all of which|Aug. “5, when 24 persons—.7
lack fire esca adults and 17 children—will be

Large num of tenants will|evicted from a two-story frame
be forced to vacate the con-|dwelling at 1684 Washington Av.
demned buildings, the housing of-| As miany as seven persons a
ficial noted, but added thai the!room had been Jammed Into the
department—with the ald of the!building which had illegally,
City Housing Authority and Wel-| Noonan said, been converted Into
fare Dept.—was making every|a rooming house,
effort to relocate the evicied}) He added that similar von-

tamilles. __|demnation and eviction proceed.

ings Ww
buildir
bridgve
dred f¢
inte t
old tar
Nou
had
tragic
which
June
tintot
again:

Trooper of the | V

centered
had
ment

— landlords who/jagainat “about a hundred Pittewat

4 “into SS basseieen,

ngs
ted rooming houses.
any of the bulldings, Noonan

were old law tenemerits

human beings jammed together

*t-
liceses

the landlords’

rs Sighted

just mo “flying saucer” tale. Yet it involves. not one

ange in color—were sighted in
the sky above 1041 Tiffany St.,
in the East Bronx, late Friday
night by two women and two
girls,

“It was a hot dull night and
we began counting stars for ex-
citement,” said Rita Acuna, 16,
of 1035 Tiffany St.

Recause iof his outatendisg record, Cy

“But it proved far more excit-| 11st St., has been named “Trooper «
ing. than we might have im-| 24th Constabniary s Squadron, stationed
agined,” she said, “for we wound! Is shown: : being ba he by Lt.

up counting ‘saucers’ instead.”

“They sped through the sky
in a huge reddish orange forma-
tion—-which looked like an up-)
side down ‘J,”" the girl gaid. ,

_ “Although they were visible for ,

‘sly about 10 seconds, we man-
ry d to count 17 in all.”

* Rita's observations were con-

E firmed by her mother, Mrs. Marte

cuna; a neighbor, Mrs. Sylvia

‘pelstein, of 1041*'Tiffany .St
athe girl's little sister, Yvonne

City Acts
Trafttic ‘Snz
ears Oe ed by.

ih “star counting” when the The raffic Dept. today gave
saucers were sighted. « 4 fusing rry-go-round formed by

“I've seen eclipses and things ‘Pelham kwy. N. and Bronx: Par’
like that,” said Mrs. Finkelstein. | before. week is out.

Le ATOR

“put this was different—and : | mile
more thrifling—than anything | The announcement came from | maz
ae I've ever seen.’ Acting “Traffic Commissioner, jy

Rather than rely on pure mem. | Wiley less than 24 hours after; eons
ory, Rita, a commereisl art stu- \this newspaper pointe! out the one
dent at the.High School of In- Confusing. traffe pattern brought to »
dustrial Art, ran upstairs and 0m by two one-way Streets con-| io (
made a water color painting of Versig at right angles,
what she had seen. | Acording to Wiley, Pelham. mor
‘The drawing was sent to Air, Pkwy. N., established a few to t
Force officials for possible inves- weeks ago 4s a one-way west,
tigation. |stree t, will be restored tu two-way

Tha

2 Boys Held Without Bail
ying of Rabbi

oa he ‘ahead 16, of 4151 Paulding Av., The Bronx, and
Donald ‘Ferrick, 17, of 594 Morgan Av.,

Getring held without ball today on an Indictment charging them with.

the murder of Rabbi Samuel London.

17)

in Sniper-Sia

his p

The youths, arrested July
when they tried io sell he 22
evlber ville used in the sniper:
sieving of the young rabbi June
26, were sald to have wdmitted)
the killing at the time of ier |
arrest but pleaded “nol Sorat
ar yesterday's arraignment
hinges Couniy Court. °

‘De indictment charges tnat
Verrick, “aided, abetted and|
counselled by Baldwin,” shot and |
ued the young ‘Talmudic!

scholar. Baldwin Was not vepres |

3

Weather
Fale and bet

The ‘Tiffany St. “saucer” case traff:e as Soon as the signs can
was second of its kind to be re- |be taken down. A “No Through -
ported in the Bronx within the Traffic" Sign at nearby Reiss Pl.!'y,,,
last few weeks, land Bronx Park E. would also be Rp,

Six persons reported seeing a' removed, he said. Cas

similar twirling object speer | The Posr had pointed out that’ Chi
through the air over a rooftop: qrivers heading south along Cor
at 1555 Boston Rd, on June 26. | Bronx Park i. were sent {nto a! Cre
| Meanwhile, in Washington Air) dizzy series of left and right! Cy!

Force officials were investi zating | turns to get out of the pocket pe:
reports of a series of “glowing | foymed at the blind intersection. | pq;

white” lights which streaked over) The route included turns from, py,
the nation’s capital for Iwo SUC’ Bronx Park E.:to Reiss Pt.

jormere week ends, ,|to Burker Av..
Jot planes capable of speeds of

Brooklyn, were.

left
right on Thwaites es

sented by counsel because neither |
he nor his family had the money |

Pl, left on Ol! nviile. Av., cight
to retain oye, he told Judge , 600 miles an hour made a futile! on: Astor’Pr.. and fina'ly rk one to Lo
Sobel. latremy nt to overtake the my steri- if {Boson Rad.. tieore than a que arter Mo
Pa he 1 2a
2?
"Girl, 19, Snot in Reverse Roulette’: =:

Boy} Friend and Brother Accused |

| Shirley Samuels, 19,.0f 1261 eaid both Miss Samuels und removed five bullets from the re
Brook Av, The Bronx, was in Bouldware told him they played revolver 3nd handed it to her. | a
‘critical condition today in Mor. the Kame at the girl's insistence, | Misa Samuels fired first. Then 7
risania Hospital with a bullet. and that the firing of the gunjit was his turn, He apua the | wy

' wound inflicted by her hoy friend was accidental. Bouldware said cylinder, reluctantly pointed! yw

This is a sketch of
Acuna which she
akies, The original

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the “flying saucer” formation drawn by Rita
and three others saw streaking across. the |
has been sent to Air Force officials, |

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